23rd February 2014 (Day 15) Sardargarh to Manvar, Rajasthan, India
This morning we piled into the bus for a journey to Manvar Desert Camp. Before too long we had come up behind an elephant, though it was riding in the back of the truck.
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The roads are quite often narrow.
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Perhaps this was even the same elephant we saw from the train two posts ago.
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The strips are for the woven base of beds, such as the ones in front.
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We stopped at a small family business making rugs, a skill passed down from one generation to another.
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We purchased a smaller one similar to the large one in the middle. Raj, our driver, is on the right.
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Back on the road again … (though not so much heat, canned or otherwise).
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Indian driving. A truck is overtaking a tanker and a bend is coming up. There is a cow on the road on the bend and another truck behind it. Click image if you want to see this more clearly in a larger view.
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I loved the observation on ‘Indian driving’. I trust that nevertheless did not have a nasty outcome.
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No, I didn’t see any accidents though they can happen. The saving grace is that they drive pretty slowly and there is also lots of horn-blowing.
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Hmm, sounds like New York. With elephants.
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Ha – like Arabs, all the time in the world…… until one of them is behind the wheel of a car ! bends just make it more of a challenge ❗
David.
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Well, I just had to lie back and relax and accept things were the way they were. Our drivers were pretty good considering. I certainly wasn’t keen to do any driving myself.
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